Britain should have Bill of Rights, says human rights panel

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Britain should introduce its own Bill of Rights to make people feel like human rights are not dictated by Europe, Government advisers said today.



The majority of experts on a Government panel said there was a strong argument in favour of a UK Bill of Rights that would incorporate and build on laws under the European Convention on Human Rights.



Seven out of nine members of a commission thought a British Bill would be a good thing for the nation.



However two legal experts thought the current European system is good enough and warned a separate British system could be possibly even dangerous, with unintended consequences.



The panel was created last year by David Cameron to investigate whether powers should be repatriated from Brussels.



The Prime Minister and Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, have been concerned that European courts have too much power over human rights in Britain, deciding issues such as prisoner voting and deportation of foreign criminals.

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Should Britain have a Bill of Rights? Why or why not?

 

[Sinon]

I both agree and disagree. On the one hand, we need our own set of rules. On the other, we shouldn't treat criminals better than we treat our own citizens.

 

[Evil Eye]

These aren't things that should be created out of pride and because we can...